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Harmondsworth: Penguin. 1983.. Investigates the starry-eyed barbarism of the Islamic revolution and tries to understand the fundamentalist zeal that has gripped the young in Iran and other Moslem states". Pp 399, toning to pages. P/b. G+.

Houston: Darussalam. 1997.. Contents Include:- Some Evidence for the Truth of Islam: Some Benefits of Islam: General Information on Islam. Pp 74, some colour illustrations, inkstamp and inscrip. to verso front cover. P/b, illustrated cover. VG.

New York:Oxford University Press,1956.. 1st ed. "...an attempt to present to the Christian world the main historical and doctrinal aspects of the Muslim faith, and to relate them to modern social and economic thought...Although the book is concerned with the history and theology of these two great religions, it is highly readable." Pp.16/376. Green cloth, illustrated d/w(designed by Ronald Clyne), spine slightly sunned. VG/VG.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1967.. The political and ideological influence of Islam since 1945 is emphasized, as is the Christian attitude toward Islam. Of special Christian and Muslim to one another in a century when Muslim-Christian confrontation can have a profound and lasting impact on large areas of the practical world". Pp 376, owner's name to inside front cover. Paperback, wear to front cover and slight sunning to spine. G+.

Lahore:Ahmadiyyah Anjuman Ishaat Islam,1951.. 3rd ed. A record of thirty years of ideal Islamic rule. Ex libris. Pp.12/325, Royal Holloway College bookplate and presentation bookplate to verso front board,library stamps to title and last page of index. Maroon cloth, gilt title to front. VG.

New Dehli: Goodword, 2005.. The Prophet Muhammad is the Final Messenger of God to mankind. The Qur'an is acknowledged by the world's faithful Muslims as the complete and final revelation of God to mankind through the Prophet Muhammad. The Qur'an is essentially universal, being the natural continuation and final chapter of all previously revealed religions, notably those emanating from the Abrahamic tradiion as delivered, among others, by the Prophets Moses, David and Jesus, all of whom are accepted as righteous and true prophets of the One True God." Pp.449. Paperback. VG.

Leicester, England: Islamic Foundation, 1981.. No. 3 in Perspectives of Islam Series. "The Islamic Foundation is an educational and research organisation devoted to make Islam a living reality in our age... it aims at improvng human communication and developing a better understandng of Islam among all people of the world, Muslim and non-Muslim. Pp.12. P/b. VG.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1954.. Deals in turn with Muhammad, the founder of Islam; the Quran, its holy book; the evolution of Muhammadanism as a system of faith, law, religion, and philosophy". Pp.210, pages toned, owners name to front cover. Paperback. G+.

Leicester, England: Islamic Foundation, 1974.. No. 1 in the 'Perspectives of Islam' series. The Islam Foundation is a research and educational organisation devoted to improving human communication. Its purpose is to develop a better understanding of Islam amongst all the peoples of the world. The present series aims at bringing to focus different aspects of Islamic Religion and Culture". Pp.8. P/b. VG.

Karachi: Altaf & Sons. nd.. The purpose of this work is simply to acquaint the average reader with the basic teachings of Islam". Pp 272, owners inkstamp to verso front cover. P/b, illustrated cover. VG.

Rome: European Islamic Cultural Centre, 1983.. 2nd edition. Pp.160, felt pen marginal marks affecting seven pages. Paperback, crease to top corner of front. Good.

Niles, Illinois, USA: Argus Communications, 1978.. The general purpose of this book is to acquaint you with many of the characteristics of Islam. It contains material written by Muslims about their own beliefs. Pp.6/138 with colour illustrations. P/b with illustrated cover. Slight sunning to spine. 23cms x 19.5cms. G+.

London: Frederick Warne and Co., nd. (c.1900). Primary Discourse by George Sale, with maps and plans, and a brief sketch of the life of George Sale. 22cms x 14cms x 5.8cms. Pp.xvi/132/516, engraved folding map frontispiece + 3 folding plans, light spotting to preliminary pages and to map and plans, minor spotting to closed page edges. Brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt title to spine, minor wear to top and tail of spine. G+.

London: Frederick Warne, nd. (c.1975).. With Explantory Notes from the most Approved Commentators. With an Introduction by Sir Edward Denison Ross. "In spite of the vast number of eminent scholars who have worked in the same field since the days of George Sale, his translation still remains the best introduction in any European language to the study of the religion promulgated by the Prophet of Arabia." 19cms x 13cms x 3.5cms. Pp.xiv/608, toning to pages, small owner's label to inside front board. Red cloth, dustwrapper has chip to front edge at fold. G+/G+.

London: Al-Furqan Publications Ltd., (Darul Furqan). n/d.. The aim of the work is to present to English readers what Muslims the world over hold to be the meaning of the words of the Koran." Pp.464 toning to pages. Paperback. Good.

London: The London Mosque, 1980.. This brief outline of the origin, spirit and teachings of Islam is designed to furnish Western readers with an authentic miniature which it is hoped might urge them to embark upon a deeper and more extended study of this great faith which has in the past suffered much at the hands of hostile Western critics and is today suffering even more at the hands of those who profes to be its followers and exponents." Pp.32. Stiff card covers with very minor spotting. VG.

London: United Council for Missionary Education, 1925.. The author of this book is one of the few men able from practical experience in the Moslem World to write on this subject. For many years he worked in the Delta in Egypt, where the population is almost entirely Moslem..." - Foreword by the Bishop of Egypt and the Sudan. Pp.161+5 b/w illustrations, endpaper maps. Stiff card covers with matching d/w. VG/G+.

New York: Harper Bros. 1958.. Provides a stirring account of Muhammad the man, a sweeping survey of Islam in history and in today's world and translations of the basic Muslim texts". Pp 191, Many b/w illustrations. P/b. Spine rubbed and crease to corner of front cover. Illustrated cover. G+.

Leicester: The Islamic Foundation. 1980.. Attempts to present the beliefs, values and customs of the Muslims to a very wide audience in the hope that it will enhance better communications, foster harmonious relationships and remove the misconceptions generally prevalent in the West". Pp 104. P/b, illustrated cover. G+.

Burnaby, B.C.: Mostmerciful, 2001.. Hadith* - The narrated sayings and deeds of the Prophet. "The object of this research paper is to defend the True Islam from being maligned and distorted under the guise of "Prophet's Pronouncements and Acts", when these hadiths are not his but are falsely attributed to him. Readers should keep this objective in mind while reading this work." Pp.98. Paperback. VG.